With the Japanese launch of the 3DS just over a month away Nintendo must have growing stockpiles of 3DS hardware waiting to be shipped. That also means there are production factories in Taiwan full of people putting the 3DS together and handling the final units.

One of those people decided to steal a finished 3DS and then disassemble it taking photos at every stage. While most of us would prefer to have a working 3DS in our hands, it’s interesting to see what’s inside Nintendo’s latest handheld.

There’s 30 images in total, some of which we have included here. Check out the TVGZone link below for the full gallery.

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It looks as though the 3DS is quite easy to take apart and explore. That’s good news for hackers eager to get hold of the device to try and circumvent the region locking Nintendo has decided to implement.

As you can see, Nintendo managed to fit a 1300mAh reachargeable battery inside. This may be one of the issues with the 3DS after launch due to the quoted battery life time of between 3-5 hours. If it’s really bad I think we’ll see some peripheral manufacturers looking to release an additional clip-on battery for the unit.

The unit certainly looks packed full of components, but as is always the case, within a year some of these parts will have shrunk or combined to save space. That will allow Nintendo to update the design which could mean lower power use and more space available for including a larger battery. I doubt many gamers will wait for version 2 of the 3DS to arrive, though.